Senior Software Engineer, Homebase
Infrastructure/Developer Tooling
$126.2-148.5k
Toronto rates: $108,800 - $128,000 (CAD). Offers equity
More information about location
2 days a week in office
Employee scheduling software for small businesses
Open for applications
Employee scheduling software for small businesses
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$126.2-148.5k
Toronto rates: $108,800 - $128,000 (CAD). Offers equity
More information about location
2 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make local business teams unstoppable.
Role
Who you are
- This is a role for someone who thinks of internal engineers as customers, cares deeply about developer experience, and brings strong software fundamentals to the infrastructure space
- 5+ years of experience in Software Development or Infrastructure Engineering—your roots are in writing software, and your infra experience grows from there
- Strong development background in Ruby or Golang—you're comfortable writing production-quality code and building internal services in at least one of these languages
- Hands-on experience building internal platforms or tooling that other systems rely on—you've treated it like a product, using data and feedback to drive what you build next
- Genuine interest in developer experience: you think about the internal engineer as a customer and are energized by reducing friction for your teammates
- Some hands-on experience with AWS or cloud infrastructure in production—you don't need to be an infrastructure expert, but you understand core concepts and can navigate cloud environments with confidence
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred) and containerized application deployment
- Experience with CI/CD systems and an understanding of how software delivery pipelines work
- Ability to use observability tools to identify, debug, and resolve issues in production
- Ability to work across team boundaries with platform, security, and product teams—keeping the right people informed and your work rarely landing as a surprise
- Strong sense of ownership—you deliver on commitments, monitor what you ship, and follow through on risks to timely delivery
- Growth mindset: you integrate feedback, support teammates' development, and communicate effectively
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Infrastructure/Developer Tooling) who loves building the tools that make other engineers more effective. You'll be a key contributor to Homebase's platform infrastructure team—writing the internal tooling, automation, and services that power how our engineering organization builds and ships software every day
- Build, maintain, and improve internal developer tools that streamline engineering workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and deployments
- Own the implementation of well-scoped features end-to-end—from writing the code to monitoring it in production
- Identify and address friction points in the developer experience, using data and metrics to prioritize improvements
- Contribute to the reliability and scalability of our AWS-based infrastructure within defined domains
- Write clean, testable, maintainable code that upholds and advances Homebase engineering standards
- Collaborate cross-functionally with platform, security, and product teams to understand requirements and make sure your work fits the broader picture
- Actively participate in on-call rotations, helping identify and resolve infrastructure issues
- Collaborate with teammates and begin influencing engineering decisions on your team
- Use AI tools to drive personal effectiveness and improve your workflows
Our take
Homebase provides employees and businesses with time tracking applications, with a range of other HR functionality built in. Homebase automates the process of managing employee scheduling and also helps companies improve internal communications.
The company contributes to the reduction of paperwork in an office by turning an array of devices into time clocks that track hours and overtime, while also providing payroll support. This makes it easier for companies to remain in sync, running a more efficient operation as a result.
Given that Homebase's customer base of small businesses is not able to pay a lot for its product, scale is the key driver in the company's future success. With over 100,000 customers already, its significant venture capital backing will ensure that the company will be able to grow (notably, it's investing in Canadian talent) to provide its services on a profitable scale.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
29% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Apr 2024
$60m
SERIES D
Nov 2021
$30m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $189m
Company benefits
- Stock Options
- Paid parental leave
- Generous paid time off options
- Offsites, customer days & social events
- Work from Anywhere Month
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance 🇺🇸
- 401(k) matching program 🇺🇸
- Pre-tax commuter benefits 🇺🇸
- Snacks + lunch on us at hub offices 🇺🇸
- MasterClass at Work for ongoing learning 🇺🇸
- Group health benefits coverage 🇨🇦
- Group RRSP with employer match + TFSA 🇨🇦
- Snacks + lunch on us at hub offices 🇨🇦
- MasterClass at Work for ongoing learning 🇨🇦
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
John Waldmann
(Founder & CEO)BA Political Science at Stanford. Associate at Boston Consulting Group, then KKR Capstone, before founding Homebase in 2014.
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